partition

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Recorded c.1430, "division into shares, distinction," from Old French particion (modern partition), from Latin partitio "division, portion", from partitus, the past participle of partire "to split (up), part(ition)"

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Singular
partition

Plural
partitions

partition (plural partitions)

  1. An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another
  2. A part of something that had been divided, each of its results.
  3. The division of a territory into two or more autonomous ones.
    Monarchies where partition isn't prohibited risk weakening trough parcellation and civil wars between the heirs
  4. A vertical structure that divides a room.
  5. (computing) A section of a hard disk separately formatted.
  6. (set theory) A collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set whose union is the set itself (i.e. all elements of the set are contained in exactly one of the subsets).

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  • (set theory): The elements of the collection are sometimes called the blocks or parts of the partition.

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Infinitive
to partition

Third person singular
partitions

Simple past
partitioned

Past participle
partitioned

Present participle
partitioning

to partition (third-person singular simple present partitions, present participle partitioning, simple past and past participle partitioned)

(transitive)

  1. To divide something into parts, sections or shares
  2. To divide a region or country into two or more territories with separate political status
  3. To separate or divide a room by a partition (ex. a wall), often use with off

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partition f. (plural partitions)

  1. In heraldry, a (geometrical) division using two colors
  2. In music, a score comprising all parts